Retinoic acid modulates gap junctional permeability between horizontal cells of the mammalian retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3346-3350

  Weiler, Reto ^a,b   He, Shigang ^b   Vaney, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dopamine; Mouse; Network; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GAP JUNCTION; ISOMER; LIGHT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 0032851769     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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